Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2019

But you have to be committed to the process of building your own thing and the act of creating something, rather than just coming up with an idea. It will likely take several ideas, with the learning process of failing on a couple, before you can call yourself a successful entrepreneur. Vision is not a group-think activity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Many people believe that new ideas are the critical element of innovation, but in my experience as a mentor and investor, long-term business success is more about implementation than ideas. Everyone has ideas, but only a few can make them happen. We are looking for people who can lead a team and turn any idea into a business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2017

Most workers are still rushing to retirement, where they hope to escape to more stimulating activities with a real sense of accomplishment. Employee engagement is a measure of emotional commitment, leading to work focus, which translates to productivity, satisfaction and happiness. Show leadership, transparency, and empathy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Many entrepreneurs have a passion and an idea, or even invent a new product, but are never able to execute to the point of creating a startup. Thus, in my view, entrepreneurship is an evolution of an idea through a series of developmental stages, culminating in a self-sustaining business. Startup and development stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

It seems they are both looking for more personal satisfaction and sense of purpose for their efforts. Even the simplest of new technologies, such as Zoom for remote meetings, can be a detriment to work satisfaction if workers are not trained on how to use it effectively, causing video and sound problems, as well as background distractions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2023

It’s amazing how quickly these activities lead to leadership or management opportunities. Graduate from an idea person to one who delivers results. In entrepreneurial circles, the idea person always needs to be paired with someone who can deliver, before investors are interested. Ideas without results kill many businesses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution. Since investors tend to invest in people, more than the idea, the personnel review is normally the highest priority item. Visit reference customers, partners, and vendors. Status of the solution. Traction in the marketplace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2023

The idea of servant leadership is that the typical hierarchy where employees are supposed to serve their bosses is turned upside down. I believe that advocating for others needs to start with active listening and acceptance of ideas from team members around you. Use influence, not authority, to inspire people.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2016

As a small business and startup advisor, I find that entrepreneurs often love to talk about their latest idea, but not their execution. Like most investors, I’m convinced that success in business is more about the plan and the person than the idea. Asks hard questions, and actively listens to critical feedback.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Most workers are still rushing to retirement, where they hope to escape to more stimulating activities with a real sense of accomplishment. Employee engagement is a measure of emotional commitment, leading to work focus, which translates to productivity, satisfaction and happiness. Show leadership, transparency, and empathy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

It forces you to bridge the gap between idea and execution. The canvas is a visual chart with elements describing your value proposition, structure, finances, and customers, to help companies identify and align business activities. Every team needs to understand how their activities relate to customer revenue. Key activities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2022

I was shocked to read an old Gallup study that indicates only 13 percent of employees worldwide are actively engaged at work, and more recent data shows only a small change in the right direction. Find ways to recharge your emotional batteries, through supportive relationships and community activities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2020

Many entrepreneurs have a passion and an idea, or even invent a new product, but are never able to execute to the point of creating a startup. Thus, in my view, entrepreneurship is an evolution of an idea through a series of developmental stages, culminating in a self-sustaining business. Startup and development stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2023

I’m not suggesting that you model your startup after the complex corporate organizations you hated in your last job, but there are at least eight key functions and activities that every investor expects to find in a startup proposal with any real potential to change the world. Solution development and delivery. Marty Zwilling

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2022

In the idea stage, get customers involved with an engaging contest. Support and enable mutually beneficial activities inside and outside the organization. Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2021

Based on my own mentoring experience, here are seven key lessons I have learned, and offer to you as a potential source of inspiration and satisfaction, after some success in your business: Relationships are the real key to business success. Sharing through mentoring amplifies your satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

According to the classic book, “ One Second Ahead ,” by noted authority on training the mind, Rasmus Hougaard, there are some basic rules that can really help you manage your focus and awareness in all work activities. It means always paying full attention to the people, objects, and ideas around you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2023

Entrepreneurs need to be effective team leaders, since no one can transform an idea into a product and a business without some help. You won’t be viewed as the team leader if you spend most of your time on activities that are not relevant to your team. If your team has trouble finding you, you won’t make productive connections.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2021

He has one of the first books on this subject, and he breaks the process down into nine key activities, as follows: Get focused and identify goals. If you don’t have a clear idea of why you are there, anything you measure will be useless. Social media is the realm of public opinion and customer conversations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2016

I’m not suggesting that you model your startup after the complex corporate organizations you hated in your last job, but there are at least eight key functions and activities that every investor expects to find in a startup proposal with any real potential to change the world. Solution development and delivery. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution. Since investors tend to invest in people, more than the idea, the personnel review is normally the highest priority item. Visit reference customers, partners, and vendors. Status of the solution. Traction in the marketplace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2020

Take a deeper dive into your idea before you declare. High-level ideas rarely make good business solutions. From the work and feedback, you will learn much on how your solution will fare with customers, before building the product Tap expert sources in other domains for ideas. He is quoted as saying, “I have not failed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2020

According to the classic book, “ One Second Ahead ,” by noted authority on training the mind, Rasmus Hougaard, there are some basic rules that can really help you manage your focus and awareness in all work activities. It means always paying full attention to the people, objects, and ideas around you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Initiate activities that improve your chances of being the chief’s backup. Then focus on ideas that will likely get your boss promoted. If your boss takes credit for one of your ideas, use it as an opportunity to point out how you think alike, rather than berating him in public for the lack of attribution. Think big picture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2022

This situation is only exacerbated by today’s remote work from home , where your work problems are unseen by others, and you have to manage the distractions of normal home activities, including children and pets. Don’t be afraid to ask your team for motivation ideas and strategies. The stress alone from these can be debilitating.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Now, as a business advisor to large companies, as well as small ones, my objective is to foster those activities and ways of thinking that broaden the potential for high creativity and recognizing new market opportunities, before resource constraints are applied. Don’t wait for innovation ideas from top management.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

They enjoy not being on the road most of time, and able to balance their activities and leadership roles between work and family, sports, or recreation. This can be a key source of personal satisfaction, as well as the ultimate success factor and legacy. Freedom to maintain creative “hands-on” control.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2020

I’m not suggesting that you model your startup after the complex corporate organizations you hated in your last job, but there are at least eight key functions and activities that every investor expects to find in a startup proposal with any real potential to change the world. Solution development and delivery. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Satisfaction and commitment come from choosing a path to move forward, evaluation results and customer feedback, and learning from all their best efforts. He is convinced this assures maximum productivity, and that no one's ideas get drowned out or ignored. Practice active listening and open team communication.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Some well-known business leaders, including Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg , always kept an active mentor relationship with a peer or two, to discuss business challenges and strategy. Don’t be afraid to ask for advice from peers, your advisory board, and outside experts and mentors. Good business leaders collaborate on tough decisions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2023

Being a visionary or an idea person is not enough; you have to be anxious to jump in and get your hands dirty. Able to balance right-brain and left-brain activities. Great entrepreneurs seek out critical customers and industry experts, and actively listen, but are not afraid to trust their own judgment as well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2022

As a team member, low self-esteem leads to low confidence, poor productivity, and no job satisfaction. Free up your energy to be spent on more productive activities, and learn from past efforts. These entrepreneurs find it hard to respect customers or team members, and their ventures usually fail. Fortunately, both can be fixed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2022

Over 16 percent of workers are still actively disengaged , and half have left at least one job because they hated their boss. Everyone needs to take the necessary action, despite their fears, to continuously explore new ideas. Leaders today must always project confidence and help others develop confidence, courage, and curiosity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2022

You will then experience satisfaction, instead of increased pressure. Save 30 percent of your energy for outside activities. After having assessed your environment, start healthy networking activities, such as lunch, with important people in your professional network on a weekly basis. Mentally transition between work and home.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2023

If you're asking someone else and wish to build that connection, be actively present during the interaction. Start by getting people comfortable with what they don’t know, showing them you are open to new ideas, and don’t demand perfection in all deliverables. You need both to create better outcomes and increase job satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2022

In my own experience networking as a startup investor and business executive, I always gave extra consideration to someone who didn’t immediately pitch me about their great idea or background. Actively seek out and attend key outside business conferences in order to meet and get to know people who can help you, and you can help in return.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2021

Get enough sleep so you can remain active throughout the day and evening. If you can’t or don’t measure results, you can’t manage any activity or run a business. For entrepreneurs, after the idea, success is all about execution. They actually choose paths that hurt their productivity, and limit their success in business.

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